Tennessee v. Lane

E403297

Fourteenth Amendment enforcement case United States Supreme Court case landmark disability rights case

Tennessee v. Lane is a 2004 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to require states to provide accessible courthouses under the Americans with Disabilities Act as a valid enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Label	Occurrences
Tennessee v. Lane canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fourteenth Amendment enforcement case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark disability rights case ⓘ
aroseInJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
concernsIssue	congruence and proportionality test for Section 5 legislation ⓘ obligations of states to provide accessible courthouses ⓘ state sovereign immunity ⓘ
concernsRight	fundamental right of access to the courts ⓘ
decisionType	opinion of the Court ⓘ
distinguishesCase	Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ
factPattern	a court reporter with disabilities alleged denial of access to multiple county courthouses ⓘ a paraplegic criminal defendant was required to crawl up courthouse stairs to reach a courtroom ⓘ
followsCaseLawFrom	Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett ⓘ City of Boerne v. Flores ⓘ
hasArgumentDate	January 13, 2004 ⓘ
hasChiefJusticeAtDecision	William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
hasCitation	541 U.S. 509 ⓘ
hasConcurrenceBy	David H. Souter ⓘ surface form: Justice David H. Souter Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ surface form: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ surface form: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ surface form: Justice Stephen G. Breyer
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate	May 17, 2004 ⓘ
hasDissentBy	William H. Rehnquist ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ surface form: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Antonin Scalia ⓘ surface form: Justice Antonin Scalia Clarence Thomas ⓘ surface form: Justice Clarence Thomas
hasDocketNumber	02-1667 ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy	John Paul Stevens ⓘ surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens
hasPetitioner	Beverly Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ George Lane ⓘ
hasRespondent	Tennessee ⓘ surface form: State of Tennessee
hasVoteSplit	5-4 ⓘ
holds	Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity under Title II of the ADA as applied to access to courts ⓘ States may be sued for money damages in federal court for failing to provide disabled persons access to judicial services under Title II of the ADA ⓘ ADA Title II ⓘ surface form: Title II of the ADA is a proper exercise of Congress’s enforcement power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment as applied to cases implicating the fundamental right of access to the courts
involvesConstitutionalProvision	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
involvesPartyStatus	individuals with mobility impairments ⓘ
involvesStatute	Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ surface form: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
involvesStatuteTitle	Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
legalEffect	affirmed the constitutionality of Title II of the ADA as applied to access to courts ⓘ expanded remedies available to disabled individuals against states for denial of court access ⓘ
relatesTo	disability discrimination in public services ⓘ enforcement of civil rights against states ⓘ
subjectMatter	public services and programs provided by state and local governments ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment → interpretedByCase → Tennessee v. Lane ⓘ

United States sovereign immunity law → keyCase → Tennessee v. Lane ⓘ

Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett → subsequentCitationBy → Tennessee v. Lane ⓘ

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs → relatedCase → Tennessee v. Lane ⓘ